Cambodia to reopen to Tourists
Posted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 8:24 am
Not sure whether this deserves a thread on it's own or can be merged somewhere - mods, you decide.
This caught my eye today, in particular the dates being mooted for full reopening, Q4 2022, and initially the hoops you might have to jump through if you want to visit before then. As usual the reporting is short in fine details, but the gist can be gleaned from it.
That sounds like testing on arrival which must means at least a couple of days in quarantine, or at the very least testing before travel. No great surprise there.
It sounds like independent travellers are not wanted any time soon but people who buy package tours through official operators can come, with those agencies doing the bureaucratic legwork of getting your vaccinated status confirmed and visa issued.
Sounds like a great business opportunity for some, all those tourists being forced to buy a 'package' and funnelled through their chosen hotels. The Chinese will be very happy as they like that sort of thing. It could be good too for the little visa agents who figure out the way around the new system and do a visa-only package deal.
Anyway, this is clearly early days, but it does confirm that the expected (wished for) re-opening in Q4 2020 is now off the table, but some tourists possibly by Q2 2021 and further opening up by Q4 2022 is their new target.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907964/c ... -tourists/
This caught my eye today, in particular the dates being mooted for full reopening, Q4 2022, and initially the hoops you might have to jump through if you want to visit before then. As usual the reporting is short in fine details, but the gist can be gleaned from it.
The Ministry of Tourism is set to reopen its doors for international tourists who are vaccinated to visit the Kingdom next year with some new criteria, including making sure that they are not infected with the disease.
That sounds like testing on arrival which must means at least a couple of days in quarantine, or at the very least testing before travel. No great surprise there.
A meeting to discuss the Strategic Plan on Safe Tourism Reopening in-depth yesterday was chaired by Tourism Minister Thong Khon.
During the meeting, it was unanimously decided that tour packages that are being organised should be for vaccinated tourists.
The ministry said international tourists wishing to visit Cambodia should register with the licensed tour agencies and operators and indicate the locations and sites they wish to visit.
Tour agencies and operators, on the other hand, are required to fill all the required particulars of the vaccinated tourists as per their valid passports including the details of their Covid-19 vaccination certificates and other documents.
It sounds like independent travellers are not wanted any time soon but people who buy package tours through official operators can come, with those agencies doing the bureaucratic legwork of getting your vaccinated status confirmed and visa issued.
Sounds like a great business opportunity for some, all those tourists being forced to buy a 'package' and funnelled through their chosen hotels. The Chinese will be very happy as they like that sort of thing. It could be good too for the little visa agents who figure out the way around the new system and do a visa-only package deal.
Anyway, this is clearly early days, but it does confirm that the expected (wished for) re-opening in Q4 2020 is now off the table, but some tourists possibly by Q2 2021 and further opening up by Q4 2022 is their new target.
The ministry had initially wanted to reopen for vaccinated tourists by the last quarter of this year but due to the increasing cases of Covid-19, especially the new variant, it has shelved the plan.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50907964/c ... -tourists/